Graham: 'China's hands' all over North Korea rebuke of US negotiators

[DonViejo]

BY MAX GREENWOOD - 07/08/18 09:51 AM EDT

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested on Sunday that China may have pressured North Korea to take a harder line against U.S. negotiators during a recent visit to the isolated country by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

"I see China’s hands all over this," Graham told "Fox News Sunday," citing an ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China as Beijing's possible motivation. "We’re in a fight with China." Graham's comments came a day after the North Korean foreign ministry released a lengthy statement, condemning U.S. negotiators' "gangster-like demand for denuclearization."

The criticism suggests that talks between the U.S. and North Korea to end the country's nuclear program may take longer than President Trump has said. After the president left a landmark summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month, he declared that Pyongyang was "no longer a nuclear threat."

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Graham placed blame for the North's colder attitude on Chinese influence, saying that the outbreak of a trade war between Beijing and Washington was to blame for the antagonism.

He also warned China against stepping up the trade conflict, saying that the U.S. has "more bullets than they do when it comes to trade."

"We can hurt them more than they hurt us," he said. "There’s no doubt in my mind it is the Chinese pulling the North Koreans back."

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/395995-graham-chinas-hands-all-over-north-korea-rebuke

[Freethinker65]

1. IOW, the Trump administration is incompetent and clueless Trump was manipulated for a photo-op

[RKP5637]

4. Exactly what happened. Kim got everything he wanted, tRump got zero. Kim is not going to give

up his nuclear weapons and technology development. tRump is being played for a fool and the world knows it, except tRump.

[exboyfil]

2. Well maybe the leader of your party shouldn't have done

an end zone dance and stated "Mission Accomplished".

[smirkymonkey]

10. Exactly! Trump is so naive and in over his head.

The whole world is laughing at him. He's such a buffoon on the world stage.

[spanone]

3. He also warned China against stepping up the trade conflict?..a conflict that trump started, lindsey

[notdarkyet]

8. And threatened to escalate by another 500billion two days ago. Not China us. Saying we have

More guns than China is stupid. The rest of the world doesn’t want to trade with us either,because we’ve screwed all our friends and alliances. We can trade with Russia I guess, but we can’t eat oil.

[C_U_L8R]

5. And who messed up our relationship with China... hmmm?

[Iliyah]

6. soooooooooooo, from t-rump, his administration and the

GOP with the help of corporate media, t-rump the man with clout over Un, was just a lie.

And shit, who is Un going to trust more?

Also China and Russia has more influence.

[Takket]

7. Shut up Graham. I don't want to hear what China did

The right is 100% behind drumpf. He is your guy. And we have endless been lectured about what great deal maker he is. And how he can tell what everyone is thinking as soon as he walks in the room. So instead of whining about China, why don’t you reassure us that the great deal maker is going to outmaneuver China and denuclearize NK.

[still_one]

9. Really Lindsey. He has pissed off our allies also, is that China's fault also? You say we can hurt

them more than us.

Graham you are an ignorant man. Do you even know the history of China and what it has been through, and how it was exploited by the West for centuries.

The U.S. has very short memories. China doesn't

Also, do you know how much of our debt China owns Graham. OVER 1 Trillion dollars.

After our wonderful adventures in South America, I am sure they are more then willing took take over soy beans and other agriculture products from us, and let's see what happens then


What a jerk

[mainer]

11. So now we're blaming Trump's screw-up on China.

Convenient. Always blame the foreigners.

[Renew Deal]

12. When did Graham become a nationalist defender of protectionsm?